At the start of March I decided I needed to get off my lazy ass and become regularly active after a 7 year hiatus. I started swimming again (hadn't been in a pool for about 4 years) and have been doing it every alternate day since. For the first few weeks I just tried to keep myself active for an hour - and slowly began to remember the correct techniques - but my stamina was shot to shit.

So I find a programme that's designed for any swimmer to swim a mile in 6 weeks.

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